Armatron, 5.9

Even though it is rated 5.9, the 3rd and 4th 5.6 pitches are the attraction of the route and what makes Armatron so incredibly unique. You are basically climbing on natural Brownstone bricks that look manmade for almost a full 300’. Although the protection can be sparse via a few #2 horizontal ledges along with some wire placements, the climbing is easy on bomber holds. The rock landscape on Armatron at this level is just amazing (photo). Armatron, 5.9, 6 Pitches, North Brownstone Wall, Juniper Peak, Red Rocks, March, 2008

""You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know.""
--Rene Daumal